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Suggestions for Pig-Feeders. [dec, 



in weight, showed that 5*34 lb. of whole maize were necessary 

 to produce 1 lb. increase in live weight, the pigs gaining 

 about n lb. per day, a bushel of 56 lb. hence producing a 

 gain of 10 to 11 lb. live weight. 



In ten years' experiments Henry found at Wisconsin* that 

 there was an average saving of 6 per cent, due to grinding 

 maize to meal for pig-feeding when used with middlings. 

 This means that with maize at 25s. per quarter a saving of 

 is. 6d. would be effected by grinding. At the same time 

 pigs fed on meal make larger daily gains than those given 

 whole maize, fattening, therefore, being more rapid. 



Barley Compared with Maize. 





Average daily 



Food per icolb. sain. 











gain. 











Grain. 



Milk. 



Colorado : 



lb. 



lb. 



lb. 



Whole maize 



0-39 



700 



275 



Whole barley 



0-49 



540 



175 



Maize meal ... 



0*46 



540 



275 



Ground barley 



070 



43° 



275 



S. Dakota 









Maize meal ... 



1*53 



453 





Barley 



i-59 



457 





Ont. Agric. College ... 









Maize... ... 



070 



547 





Barley 



1-17 



456 





Centr. Exp. Farm, Ottawa : 









Whole maize 



1-30 



290 



231 



Whole barley 



1-19 



364 



252 



Ground maize 



0*87 



416 





Ground barley 



roo 



435 





In general maize meal is more favoured than whole maize, 

 but in comparing the two, Coburn statesf that "when both 

 the feed eaten and the gains made are taken into considera- 

 tion, the profit in favour of corn (maize) meal is considerably 

 less than many suppose." 



At the Missouri Experiment Station! it was found that 

 valuing maize at 10s. per quarter, wheat middlings at 

 £3 2S. 6d. a ton, wheat bran at £2 145. a ton, oats at 6s. 8d. 

 per quarter, and cost of grinding maize at $d. per 100 lb., 

 the cost of producing 100 lb. gain with various rations was 



* Wisconsin Agric. Exp. Stat., Ann. Rept., 1905-6, pp. 26-32. 

 t F. D. Coburn, Swine in America, 1909, p. 273. 

 X Missouri Agric. Expt. Stat., Bull. 65. 



